I don't care what anyone says about all you bastards, you've proven your worth to me. 
As I was offering mostly longer appointments and not a discount in prices not everyone took me up on my offer (afterall, it is hard to find more time sometimes) but I actually had a few clients bring donations without requesting the free upgrades and also a few clients who brought more than the requested number of items. In total I have collected:
- 11 gift cards ($20-$50 values: IGA, Future Shop, Safeway, Whitespot, Sears, Chapters, Starbucks)
- 1 XBox game
- 1 teddy bear
- 1 fisher price car
- 1 dvd
-1 batman helicopter (how cool!)
- a set of science books
- 4 arts & crafts sets
- the most adorable scarf/hat/glove set for a small child.
- plus 3 appointments upcoming this week that will be bringing an item
That means that with the help of my clients at least 25 gifts will be donated to the Christmas Hampers program.
Thank you all SO much! At least 80% of these have come from perb as I did not advertise this anywhere else and most of my out of town clients did not utilize the specials.
For all those worried about the economic crisis and your stocks loosing value just remember there are many people out there who have no value to loose. They slave away working minimum wage in retail, McDonald's, etc and these are the people that are going to be hit the hardest by this because these are the first rounds of people to loose their jobs and most of these people likely have no savings and the 50% of your wage that EI gives you is not enough to survive when you were earning minimum wage to begin with.
You may think that we reap what we sew, and that may be a valid point, but if you can help the children who are in these situations please do. It's hard to be a child and feel guilty when your parent buys you something because you know how much it costs and you know your family has no money. Trust me, I know how that felt and Christmas Hampers are the one time a year where I did not have to feel guilty because I knew the gifts I received were donated by amazing people like you
~ Katlyn ~
As I was offering mostly longer appointments and not a discount in prices not everyone took me up on my offer (afterall, it is hard to find more time sometimes) but I actually had a few clients bring donations without requesting the free upgrades and also a few clients who brought more than the requested number of items. In total I have collected:
- 11 gift cards ($20-$50 values: IGA, Future Shop, Safeway, Whitespot, Sears, Chapters, Starbucks)
- 1 XBox game
- 1 teddy bear
- 1 fisher price car
- 1 dvd
-1 batman helicopter (how cool!)
- a set of science books
- 4 arts & crafts sets
- the most adorable scarf/hat/glove set for a small child.
- plus 3 appointments upcoming this week that will be bringing an item
That means that with the help of my clients at least 25 gifts will be donated to the Christmas Hampers program.
Thank you all SO much! At least 80% of these have come from perb as I did not advertise this anywhere else and most of my out of town clients did not utilize the specials.
For all those worried about the economic crisis and your stocks loosing value just remember there are many people out there who have no value to loose. They slave away working minimum wage in retail, McDonald's, etc and these are the people that are going to be hit the hardest by this because these are the first rounds of people to loose their jobs and most of these people likely have no savings and the 50% of your wage that EI gives you is not enough to survive when you were earning minimum wage to begin with.
You may think that we reap what we sew, and that may be a valid point, but if you can help the children who are in these situations please do. It's hard to be a child and feel guilty when your parent buys you something because you know how much it costs and you know your family has no money. Trust me, I know how that felt and Christmas Hampers are the one time a year where I did not have to feel guilty because I knew the gifts I received were donated by amazing people like you
~ Katlyn ~






